i'm sure you're all aware by now, democrats, led by cedric richmond, carried the day yesterday against republicans. we think this is foreshadowing things that are going to come in the future. we had a caucus in which we heard from the leadership participating with the president. our caucus focused on the continued support for our president and the fact that he has been the leader at the table, continuing to want to meet, continuing to want to work out a solution. this caucus stands behind him because we know that in those meetings he's out there protecting the core values of not only this caucus, but of the american people, especially as it relates to medicare and social security and medicaid, which have been important to our caucus. we continue to encourage our leadership to be there and seek the best possible deal in the fairest american way. failing that, our caucus believes that there should be in lieu of the events that are taking place and unfolding economically around us, a clean vote on the debt ceiling, but continue to stay and work on what this caucus believes is the most fun